2008.06.14

2006.01.22

...School has just started, yet I'm already slacking on my blogging. My last post was 1/10! We've had one week of class so far, and I'm feeling overwhelmed. This semester will be busier than I anticipated. Hopefully, once I have learned all the music for the 5 singing groups I'm in (!) I'll be able to relax a bit.

...I miss being a pastor. Parts of it still give me stomach cramps, but there were a lot of things about it I enjoyed. I liked helping people dig through their lives in search of a better way to think, feel, live, and belong. I liked inspiring people to make more of themselves (or less, in a manner of speaking). I really liked explaining spiritual things in a way that made people say, "wow...I never thought of it that way before." And I really really loved the community. I know I'm not finished with that part of my life just yet, and someday I'll be back in the middle of it all, but right now I'm missing it a little.

...I have a little secret. I haven't really told anyone up until now, because it's really stupid. You see, I broke my arm driving a snowmobile in Wisconsin. I flipped the thing over and landed on my arm. The real problem is, I'm a conducting student, so my arm is kind of important. I was waiting to see how things would heal before I broke the news to everyone at school (particularly my major professor). When the doctor told me it was in good position to heal and it should do fine, I decided to wait until I had conducted a little at school just to be sure I was able to conduct normally. Well, I led my first rehearsal on Saturday, and it went fine. I'll have my first conducting lesson of the semester on Tuesday, and we'll see. Then I have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday, so by the end of this week, I expect everyone will know my secret. Of course, it's on the internet now, isn't it?? :-)

...I'm really tired. I'm going to try to post more this semester than last, even if it means short little random things that make no sense. I'm going to bed now.

...Speaking of bed, Elisa and I have had such a wreck of a time getting our kids to sleep, we've tried something new out of desperation. We moved Jack's crib into our room, took off the side rail and shoved it against the wall, then shoved our bed against the open side of the crib. Now, Jack and Cason both sleep with us...sometimes in between us, sometimes in the crib, and sometimes upside down on top of us. It's really more enjoyable than it sounds, especially since I don't really get to see the kids when I'm studying so much. And, it's easier for Elisa to put them both to sleep together this way, since I'm usually up doing schoolwork.

...OK, now I've got to go rearrange the children on my bed so I can lay down.

2005.07.19

For the first time in my life, my feet have a new look. My wife made me retire my slide-on plastic Adiddas for fashion reasons, and since everyone seems to be wearing flip-flops these days, I went out and bought a pair. All I have to say is DAMN, THESE THINGS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE!!